aText Changelog

What's new in aText 3.18

Nov 6, 2023
  • "Edit with" for editing snippet with external app.
  • Fixed issues of the snippet view's layout.

New in aText 3.17 (Oct 26, 2023)

  • "Mouse" variable for mouse scripting. Check the latest Examples.
  • UI improvements.

New in aText 3.16 (Sep 22, 2023)

  • New AppleScript commands: Delete, Import. Check the latest Examples → "Scripting aText" for usage.
  • Improved CSV importing, allow silently importing simplified aText CSV's format.
  • Workaround for Microsoft Remote Desktop. Check the latest Examples → Workarounds → Mac.
  • Added option "Lines" for Multi-select List Field.

New in aText 3.15.1 (Aug 18, 2023)

  • Improved snippet group option "Sync".
  • Allow export and import JSON file (aText's format).
  • Allow empty item in Menu Field.

New in aText 3.15 (Aug 2, 2023)

  • New options for Field variable: Highlight and Mandatory.
  • Added tools and keyboard shortcuts to edit menu items in Field variable.
  • New variable type: Snippet editor → Insert → Abbreviation.
  • New snippet group option: Sync.
  • Added option in aText menu → View → Show abbreviation on the left side.
  • Personal Lifetime license now allows 5 activations in a year.

New in aText 3.14.1 (Jul 7, 2023)

  • Fixed a crash in version 3.14.
  • Improved snippet group option "Show in snippet menu".

New in aText 3.14 (Jul 7, 2023)

  • Improved Snippet Suggestion and added new options in Preferences → Snippet Menu.
  • Added option "Delay after finishing aText's popups" in Preferences → Advanced.
  • Fixed a few issues.

New in aText 3.13 (May 29, 2023)

  • Many improvements in UI, esp. the treeview, scroller.
  • Bug fixes.

New in aText 3.12 (Apr 23, 2023)

  • Quick search (Cmd + Shift + F) in the main window.
  • New Applications Config option: Send Right-click to paste.
  • New option Default Rich text font size.

New in aText 3.11 (Apr 10, 2023)

  • New Advanded Sync mode to counter Maximum path length limitation on Windows.
  • Fixed a few bugs.
  • Improved Accessibility.
  • Improved translations: Chinese, German, Russian.

New in aText 3.10 (Mar 23, 2023)

  • License deactivating.

New in aText 3.9.1 (Mar 5, 2023)

  • New translations.

New in aText 3.9 (Feb 21, 2023)

  • Improved Sync (esp. Advanced mode).
  • Translations.
  • Some UI parts were removed and moved to the Examples.

New in aText 3.8.1 (Nov 6, 2022)

  • Fixed many UI crashes and bugs.

New in aText 3.8 (Oct 27, 2022)

  • Improved Rich text editor. It no longer creates a copy of itself in user data folder when changing its settings.
  • Added Rich text's default font options in Preferences.
  • Added option "Use Paste and Match Style shortcut when pasting Rich text" in Preferences. This is recommended for Microsoft Outlook.
  • Note: If aText version is not 3.8 and aText shows Update available, please update again.

New in aText 3.7.2 (Oct 11, 2022)

  • Fixed abbreviation text box does not accept Space in a recent version.
  • Fixed a major issue of "Allow using Tab key as a modifier key".

New in aText 3.7.1 (Oct 7, 2022)

  • Fixed a major issue of Rich text snippet.
  • Improved positioning and resizing of aText's popups.
  • Moved options for Fields window from the Preferences window to the Fields window. Added a new option for Fields window.
  • Fixed some bugs.
  • Rich text editor is now powered by the modern WebView control.
  • Added a shortcut to show the Insert menu in the snippet text editor.
  • Improved the license window and license messages.

New in aText 3.7 (Sep 4, 2022)

  • Added "Enabled if" setting to enable/disable snippet on condiftion.
  • Changed Tags in the main window for better performance, "snippet variable" tags (i.e. datetime, snippet, caret, key, etc) are removed.
  • Automatically restore the latest backup if the data is corrupted.
  • Check Abbreviation duplication while editing Abbreviation.
  • New advanced options for "Applications Config" → Added workaround for Visual Studio Code's Terminal in new Examples.
  • Added Search Note.

New in aText 3.6 (Aug 10, 2022)

  • aText is now scriptable (via Apple Scripts). Check Examples for usages.
  • Automatically download and install update.
  • Bug fixes.

New in aText 3.5.3 (Jul 29, 2022)

  • Some fixes.
  • Added "Delay before resending trigger" to "Applications Config".
  • Added a few samples and workarounds.

New in aText 3.5.2 (Jul 27, 2022)

  • Fixed issue with keyboard layout (Dvorak).
  • Fixed the default delimiters set does not include asterisk letter. Added some delimiters to the default set.

New in aText 3.5.1 (Jul 21, 2022)

  • Fixed Snippet Hotkey. This feature had never worked on macOS.
  • Added Delete comfirmation.
  • Added new samples.
  • Remade the "Backup frequency" preference.
  • Allow many custom "delimiters" in group's settings.
  • Many other important fixes.

New in aText 3.5 (Jul 11, 2022)

  • Improved Field. New options for the Fields window in Preferences → General.
  • Updated Examples for the Field feature.

New in aText 3.4 (Jun 22, 2022)

  • System variable.
  • Some important fixes.
  • Added hotkey "Open the main window".

New in aText 3.3.1 (May 25, 2022)

  • Added option "Show aText icon in the menu bar".
  • Added hotkey "Open the main window".
  • Other improvements.

New in aText 3.3.0 (May 17, 2022)

  • Major changes to the build process. Added ARM64 binary. Minimum supported macOS version is now 10.12 (Sierra). Solved aText 3.2 did not work in macOS 10.11 - 10.14.
  • Added Transformations for Script snippet.
  • Added Find and Extract to Transformations.
  • Remade the Fields editor window and the Search window for macOS 10.12 and 10.13. Improved dragging and resizing of the Fields editor window.
  • New examples for Find and Extract transformation.
  • Other fixes and improvements.

New in aText 3.2.0 (Apr 23, 2022)

  • Menu Field and Abbreviation Parameter can be referenced in value of Number Field.
  • Added Excluded option for Field.
  • Some performance optimizations for the Treeview, it is noticeable when viewing (expanding) a group of hundred thousands of item.
  • Improved Toolbar layout.
  • Other UI fixes and improvements.

New in aText 3.1.2 (Mar 28, 2022)

  • Added "Transformations" for Date/Time variable.
  • Added option "Quick mode" for the Sort menu.
  • Enable "Convert Rich text's Paragraph tag to Span tag" by default.
  • Added local web sever for expanding Rich text's embedded image in app Craft.
  • Other UI fixes and improvements.

New in aText 3.1.1 (Mar 17, 2022)

  • Prevent crash when expanding in aText's Rich text editor. Now expansion is disabled in aText's Rich text editor, and most of aText's controls.
  • Added "Time format → Before noon / After noon" option in aText's Preferences.
  • Fixed items in aText menu in the main window → Shorcuts.
  • Fixed some crashes.
  • More workarounds for Rich text editor, please check it.

New in aText 3.1.0 (Mar 13, 2022)

  • Minor changes in activating, UI, update checker.

New in aText 3.0.9 (Mar 13, 2022)

  • Fixed bug "black snippet group" in the main window in version 3.0.8 on Monterey.
  • Fixed label color when changing theme.

New in aText 3.0.8 (Mar 8, 2022)

  • Removed buggy transparency effect in the main window on Catalina.

New in aText 3.0.7 (Mar 7, 2022)

  • Added some options to the View menu.
  • Fixed crash when activating license on Mojave.
  • Bug fixes.
  • A major change made to the tree view to solve the issue that tooltip does not show.

New in aText 3.0.6 (Mar 4, 2022)

  • Many bug fixes.
  • Extend free trial period to 21 days.

New in aText 3.0.5 (Mar 3, 2022)

  • Many bug fixes.

New in aText 3.0.3 (Feb 27, 2022)

  • New UI and many new features.

New in aText 2.40.5 (Jan 27, 2022)

  • Fixed the suggestion / snippet menu does not show label.

New in aText 2.40.4 (Jan 20, 2022)

  • A minor update.

New in aText 2.40.2 (Jan 17, 2022)

  • Fixed a major bug of Sync.
  • Fixed bug with selected item in the main window.

New in aText 2.40.1 (Nov 22, 2021)

  • Supports macOS's Screen Sharing and the latest VMWare Fusion.

New in aText 2.40 (Nov 19, 2021)

  • Fixed the Fields editor on macOS 12.
  • Fixed a snippet list view appearance issue on macOS 12.

New in aText 2.39.3 (Nov 15, 2021)

  • Internal settings for Microsoft Edge (based on Google Chrome).

New in aText 2.39.2 (Oct 21, 2021)

  • Fixed "Date picker" positioning which was broken by recent Mac OS update.

New in aText 2.39.1 (Oct 11, 2021)

  • Automatically select all the first field's value when showing the field editor. This was default MacOS's behavior priorly. MacOS seems to no longer do this.

New in aText 2.39 (Oct 4, 2021)

  • New Advanced option: Fix issue with slow text editor.

New in aText 2.38.5 (Jun 25, 2021)

  • Addressed some UI issues.

New in aText 2.38.4 (Jun 13, 2021)

  • Fixed major bugs and crashes when showing window or sheet in version 2.38.

New in aText 2.38.3 (Jun 13, 2021)

  • Fixed "alias" function in version 2.38.2. Please restore backups if your created aliases are lost.

New in aText 2.38.2 (Jun 9, 2021)

  • Fixed crash in version 2.38 when importing, and other similar crashes.
  • Minor change to improve compatibility when pasting.

New in aText 2.38.1 (Jun 8, 2021)

  • Fixed crash in version 2.38 when typing unicode letter. More refactoring.

New in aText 2.38 (Jun 7, 2021)

  • Big refactor. Fixed memory leaks.

New in aText 2.37.1 (Mar 21, 2021)

  • Fixed the bug verifying MAS license in version 2.37.

New in aText 2.37 (Mar 21, 2021)

  • Built for MacOS BigSur.
  • Added "Delay before" option for Key variable.
  • Other minor changes.

New in aText 2.36.6 (Nov 19, 2020)

  • Fixed a major bug with numeric field in fields editor.
  • Note: aText works fine on Mac OS 11 Big sur.

New in aText 2.36.5 (Sep 15, 2020)

  • Minor fixes.

New in aText 2.36.4 (Jul 28, 2020)

  • aText now automatically saves data periodically to prevent data lost reported by several users.

New in aText 2.36.3 (Jun 22, 2020)

  • Better workaround for the latest Spark app.

New in aText 2.36.2 (Jun 19, 2020)

  • Fixed minor appearance issue with Search window when switching light / dark theme.
  • Workaround for the latest Spark app.

New in aText 2.36.1 (May 25, 2020)

  • Improved readability of the snippet list in the main window on Mac OS 10.15.

New in aText 2.36 (May 1, 2020)

  • Fixed bug when expanding snippet which contains continuous Key variables.
  • Fixed snippet menu appearance on Mac OS 10.15.4.

New in aText 2.35.5 (Nov 20, 2019)

  • Crash fixes on OS X 10.15.

New in aText 2.35.4 (Nov 19, 2019)

  • Crash fixes.

New in aText 2.35.3 (Nov 5, 2019)

  • More crash fixes.

New in aText 2.35.2 (Nov 4, 2019)

  • More crash fixes on OS X 10.15.

New in aText 2.35.1 (Oct 22, 2019)

  • Fixed problem in version 2.35 on OS X 10.15.
  • Notarized for OS X 10.15.

New in aText 2.35 (Oct 21, 2019)

  • Updated for OS X 10.15 Catalina.
  • Added new examples.

New in aText 2.34.1 (Sep 16, 2019)

  • Added a few minor UI commands to help configure snippet group.

New in aText 2.34 (Sep 16, 2019)

  • A few UI improvements, one prevents user from accidentally disabling particular key when setting hotkey.

New in aText 2.33 (Sep 9, 2019)

  • Added "Export for aText on Windows".

New in aText 2.32.2 (May 12, 2019)

  • Fixed some issues related to optional label, script, snippet label, OS X 10.14 dark mode, snippets menu.
  • Added "Sort" to context menu.
  • Added compatibility for Reaper app.
  • Added tooltip for Note.
  • Added UELA.

New in aText 2.32.1 (Apr 11, 2019)

  • Fixed a crash when embedding HTML content snippet.
  • Fixed a few minor issues.

New in aText 2.32 (Mar 22, 2019)

  • Added "Export for OS X's Text Substitutions" to File menu and Data menu.
  • Added Search by Note.
  • Improved Snippet fields editor for Optional fields/snippets.
  • Other bug fixes and improvements.

New in aText 2.31.1 (Mar 8, 2019)

  • Fixed major bug in version 2.31: Field variable created with older versions became readonly.

New in aText 2.31 (Mar 8, 2019)

  • Added HTML snippet content type, for advanced user. HTML Snippet will be inserted as HTML without conversion into web based applications (web browsers, etc)
  • Improved Snippet Fields Editor (at expanding time).
  • Added option "Show Label" for embedded optional Snippet Variable.
  • Added ability to resize Snippet Quick Search window.
  • Fixed several major compatibility issues on legacy OS Xs (10.6 - 10.9).
  • New features for Date variable:
  • Editable Date variable, with ability to manually select Date at expanding time.
  • Calculate date based on another Editable Date variable.
  • Add/subtract to "Next/Previous" weekday.

New in aText 2.30.3 (Nov 16, 2018)

  • Fixed a bug in previous version that fails to send image with certain symbols in name.
  • Fixed a crash when filtering and editing and syncing at the same time.
  • Improved compatibility with Safari and Spark.

New in aText 2.30.2 (Nov 16, 2018)

  • Fixed a major performance issue when sending text.
  • Fixed a bug when using Caret in snippet which contains script.
  • Fixed a bug when inserting image with file name which contains space, punctuation or symbols, etc.
  • Fixed bug of popup window shows incorrectly in multi display mode.

New in aText 2.30.1 (Oct 21, 2018)

  • Fixed bugs of snippet suggestion and fields editor popup.

New in aText 2.30 (Oct 11, 2018)

  • Tweaked to work better on Google Chrome when expanding formatted text.
  • Fixed several major bugs.

New in aText 2.29 (Sep 30, 2018)

  • Updated for OS X Mojave.
  • aText for OS X Snow Leopard is now a separated app. Please download version for Snow Leopard at aText's webpage.
  • Fixed crash when click menubar icon.
  • Improved position of aText's popups.

New in aText 2.28.1 (Sep 19, 2018)

  • Fixed Search in main window broken in previous version.
  • Fixed minor bugs in Snippet Search Window.

New in aText 2.28 (Sep 17, 2018)

  • Updated Snippet Search Window UI.
  • Popup fields editor is now movable.
  • Supports Microsoft Remote Desktop 10.
  • Added hint in Preferences for using with Keyboard Viewer.
  • Other minor UI changes.

New in aText 2.27 (Sep 7, 2018)

  • Optimized performance of Sync with very large data, and UI performance.
  • New hotkey: "Search and expand to Clipboard". New ability to select snippet from menu and expand it to Clipboard.
  • Improved aText menu.
  • New option: Always show Search and Suggestion window at center.
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

New in aText 2.26 (Aug 20, 2018)

  • Improved menu of menu bar icon, and show this menu for Dock icon.
  • Attempt to improve stability when sleep and wake up and other rare cases.
  • Improved "Adapt content to case of abbreviation", added example.
  • New Polish localization.
  • Other minor improvements.

New in aText 2.25.2 (Aug 9, 2018)

  • Fixed another problem in previous version.

New in aText 2.25.1 (Aug 8, 2018)

  • Fixed problem in version 2.25 with snippet with abbreviation prefix.
  • Fixed emojis not displayed properly in singleline and multiline field.

New in aText 2.25 (Aug 6, 2018)

  • New: Support multiple abbreviations for single snippet.
  • New Sort option: "Insert new snippet to top".
  • New Clipboard variable option: "Match snippet's style".
  • Other improvements and bug fixes.

New in aText 2.24.1 (Jul 27, 2018)

  • Fixed a crash when editing caused by embedded snippet which has label.
  • Improved compatibility sending single image.
  • aText now works on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard again.

New in aText 2.24 (Jul 17, 2018)

  • aText now supports sending PDF.
  • Sending single image is now compatible with more apps.
  • Variable in content editor is now rendered with attached style / format / font.
  • Fixed / improved multi-level nested snippet.
  • Fixed many memory leaks.
  • Many other improvements and bug fixes.

New in aText 2.23 (Apr 2, 2018)

  • Many minor bug fixes and improvements.

New in aText 2.22.3 (Jan 10, 2018)

  • Minor fixes and improvements. UI refinement to prevent losing data by user's mistakes when turn on Sync.

New in aText 2.22.2 (Dec 28, 2017)

  • Fixed expired trial version bug introduced since version 2.22. Free trial period is now extended to 21 days.
  • Minor UI refinement in Sync preference.

New in aText 2.22.1 (Dec 27, 2017)

  • Sync preference: Removed iCloud option. Added shortcut for choosing iCloud Drive as a sync directory.

New in aText 2.22 (Dec 22, 2017)

  • New Advanced Sync feature, support multi-user environment.
  • Many bug fixes and minor improvements.

New in aText 2.21 (Sep 14, 2017)

  • New option for group: Show snippets in first level of menu.
  • Bug fixes.

New in aText 2.20 (Sep 1, 2017)

  • Supports Drag and drop snippet into other apps.
  • Bug fixes and improvements.

New in aText 2.19 (Nov 9, 2015)

  • Added prompt to move to Applications directory.
  • Added options to include snippet's note and label when exporting to RTF.
  • Displays note when hover snippet with Option key pressed.
  • Added "Restart" to menu bar icon's menu.
  • Uses RTF format if available when using "Make snippet from selection / clipboard" shortcut.

New in aText 2.18 (Jun 23, 2015)

  • Improved scripts handling, added support for optional script.
  • Fixed "Automatically update".

New in aText 2.17 (Apr 9, 2015)

  • Added option to disable Auto-Correction or snippet group in specific input methods.
  • Added ability to add note to snippet.
  • Improved "wildcard search" usability.

New in aText 2.16 (Feb 7, 2015)

  • New hotkey "Expand abbreviation" and new group option "Expand at Expand abbreviation hotkey".
  • Fixed an issue with embedded snippet.
  • Added "Diagnostic" tool to aText menu.

New in aText 2.15 (Nov 28, 2014)

  • New option for snippet group: Show in menu of aText's icon on the menu bar.
  • New option: Sync aText's preferences.
  • Minor improvements.

New in aText 2.14 (Oct 30, 2014)

  • New option for snippet group: Reset text formatting after inserting formatted snippet.
  • New option: Restore clipboard delay.
  • Supports dark menu bar on OSX 10.10.
  • Prevents several mistakes when registering.

New in aText 2.13 (Aug 14, 2014)

  • Fixed conflict with other apps.
  • Re-implemented Search options. Added Search options to Snippet Quick Search window.
  • Added "Optional" option to Clipboard variable.
  • aText now prints error when executing script if script fails.
  • Added duplicating multiple items.

New in aText 2.12.3 (Aug 14, 2014)

  • Fixed conflict with other apps.
  • Re-implemented Search options. Added Search options to Snippet Quick Search window.
  • Added "Optional" option to Clipboard variable.
  • aText now prints error when executing script if script fails.
  • Added duplicating multiple items.

New in aText 2.12.2 (Aug 8, 2014)

  • Includes Label field when exporting and importing CSV file.
  • Checks for more conflicts at start.

New in aText 2.12.1 (Jul 23, 2014)

  • Works on OS X 10.10 DP4.

New in aText 2.12 (Jul 14, 2014)

  • Updated for OSX 10.10.
  • Fixed a few bug that causes crash.
  • Added option to change key modifier used to select item in snippet suggestion panel. Default to none.
  • Added "Enter to accept" to snippet variable editors.

New in aText 2.11.2 (Jun 25, 2014)

  • Fixed bug when expanding snippet with duplicated abbreviation.
  • Fixed bug when using Undo expanding hotkey.

New in aText 2.11.1 (Jun 6, 2014)

  • Fix a crash issue when computer sleeps.

New in aText 2.11 (Jun 3, 2014)

  • Attempt to fix an issue when computer sleeps.
  • Added "Undo expanding" hotkey.
  • Added option "Editable" for singleline and multiline field.
  • Some improvements in Fields editor (when expanding snippet with field).
  • Added "Move to" item to Main window's context menu.
  • Fixed displaying bug of snippet menus.

New in aText 2.10.1 (May 29, 2014)

  • Fixed a bug in previous version when expanding long snippet keeping delimiter on OS X 10.9.

New in aText 2.10 (May 27, 2014)

  • Vastly improved stability.
  • Added Excluded List for Double capitals correction.
  • Added ability to adjust internal settings for specific web pages in Safari. Fixed a problem with docs.google.com in Safari.
  • Fixed a recent problem with Google Chrome.

New in aText 2.9 (May 6, 2014)

  • Works better with Vmware Fusion. Works with new Microsoft Remote Desktop.
  • New trigger "Expand when selected in snippets selector". Use this to prevent aText from automatically expanding when typing.
  • Added "Sort groups" to Sort menu.
  • Added various commands to various menus.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in aText 2.8.2 (Mar 19, 2014)

  • Export to RTF document for printing.
  • Language option for Date and Time variables.
  • Fixed bug setting delay of Key on computers with certain locales.

New in aText 2.8.1 (Mar 13, 2014)

  • Fixed serious issues in version 2.8.
  • Allow using numeric characters as delimiters.
  • Adjusted "Abbreviation case adaption" behaviour.

New in aText 2.8 (Mar 7, 2014)

  • Support embedding scripts in script and snippet.
  • Fixed Preview.
  • Added command "Reset Typing Style" in Format\Font menu.
  • Support Wine/WineSkin/CrossOver apps.

New in aText 2.7 (Feb 20, 2014)

  • Improved compatibility with OS X 10.9.
  • Added search and replace ability for "clipboard" variables.
  • Added "Optional" option for "snippet", "date" and "time" variables.
  • Added option to increase font size for various user interface elements.
  • Added command "Import OS X's substitutions" in File menu.
  • Added "Insert" menu to snippet editor's context menu.
  • Fixed some issues with fullscreen apps.
  • Many other improvements and bug fixes.

New in aText 2.6.5 (Jan 6, 2014)

  • Fixed problem on OS X 10.9 when deleting long abbreviation, or inserting very long snippet.
  • Other bug fixes.

New in aText 2.6.4 (Nov 26, 2013)

  • Fixed some major issues on OS X 10.9.

New in aText 2.6.3 (Nov 21, 2013)

  • Fixed: delimiter is not appended when using Fields.
  • Fixed CSV importing issue.

New in aText 2.6.2 (Nov 15, 2013)

  • Improvements on Initial Sync, Formatted Text snippet.
  • Other bug fixes.

New in aText 2.6.1 (Oct 28, 2013)

  • Improved compatibility with OS X 10.9.
  • Conflicts checking at start.

New in aText 2.6 (Oct 18, 2013)

  • Improved compatibility with OS X 10.9.
  • New: "Optional" option for Field variable.
  • Added context menu to the snippet list view.
  • "Search snippets" hotkey now works in password fields (and secure input environment also).
  • Easier Mac App Store license migration.
  • Many other bug fixes and improvements.

New in aText 2.5.1 (Aug 1, 2013)

  • Improved support for Parallels.
  • Works in Java apps (i.e. Minecraft).

New in aText 2.5.0 (Jul 26, 2013)

  • New: Numeric Field (supports Math expression).
  • New option: Default font of snippet editor.
  • Bug fixes.

New in aText 2.4.0 (Jul 9, 2013)

  • New: Ability to use existing AppleScript / Shell Script.
  • New: "Capitalize new sentences" exclusion.
  • New: Export data to CSV file.
  • New: One-way sync to OS X's Symbol And Text Substitutions.
  • New: Copy/Cut/Paste snippets.
  • New: Ability to filter by abbreviation / content.
  • Added shortcuts for inserting variable, searching, "Collapse all".
  • Sound preview.
  • Other bug fixes and improvements.

New in aText 2.3.0 (Jun 17, 2013)

  • aText now works in Windows virtual machine by Parallels, VMWare Fusion (in Unity mode), VirtualBox.
  • aText now works in Windows via TeamViewer and some popular Remote Desktop Connection clients.
  • aText will display snippet selector popup when there are mutiple triggerable snippets.
  • "Capitalize new sentence" works in more situations.
  • Allow dragging snippets/groups while filtering.
  • New command in Edit menu: Reset group's snippets to Plain Text.
  • Other bug fixes and improvements.
  • Ability to expand snippet's content in Title Case. For example:
  • hay = how are you
  • haY -> How Are You
  • Hay -> How are you
  • HAY -> HOW ARE YOU

New in aText 2.2.0 (May 17, 2013)

  • aText now works in screen sharing session.
  • Allow adding snippet/group while filtering.
  • New option for "Always use clipboard" option.
  • Added shortcut for sorting options.
  • Added "Make Link" Cmd+K shortcut.
  • aText now distinguishes between Return and Enter keys.
  • Pressing Command key alone clears text buffer.
  • Other bug fixes and improvements.

New in aText 2.1.1 (May 2, 2013)

  • Fixed: aText sometimes insert clipboard content instead of snippet content.
  • New option for snippet group.
  • Added multi-items drag and drop support.

New in aText 2.1 (Apr 23, 2013)

  • New: Ability to set custom delimiters for snippet group.
  • New: Importing SpellCatcherX data file.
  • Adjusted some behaviors.
  • Beautify the Fields editor.

New in aText 2.0.4 (Apr 18, 2013)

  • Support Perl script.
  • Fixed sample snippets.
  • Fixed a bug when using Cursor in snippet.
  • Added "Force convert data to new format" item to File menu.

New in aText 2.0.3 (Apr 12, 2013)

  • Fixed: Nested snippet does not expand.
  • Fixed an issue in Mail app.
  • Auto-Correction works in more situations.
  • Changed iCloud sync directory location (in non Mac App Store version).

New in aText 2.0.2 (Apr 8, 2013)

  • Fixed problem with Auto-Correction features.

New in aText 2.0.1 (Apr 5, 2013)

  • Minor bug fixes.

New in aText 2.0 (Mar 29, 2013)

  • New intuitive snippet editor.
  • New: Multi-line and Popup menu Field.
  • New: Date/Time math. Insert day in the future or the past, for example: next Sunday, previous Monday.
  • New: Capitalize new sentences. Correct double capitals.
  • Added option "Automatically check for updates".
  • Italian localization.

New in aText 1.9.2 (Mar 23, 2013)

  • Fixed: version 1.9.1 does not work on Mac OS X 10.7 and 10.6
  • New: Importing CSV file.
  • Other improvements and bug fixes.

New in aText 1.9.1 (Mar 5, 2013)

  • New: Importing CSV file.
  • New: "Open Main window" hotkey.
  • iCloud Sync.
  • Automatically import data from the Mac App Store version and TextExpander at the first run.
  • Other improvements and bug fixes.

New in aText 1.9.0 (Feb 16, 2013)

  • Added Sync to Dropbox/Google Drive/SkyDrive folder.
  • Support keyboard layouts other than Qwerty keyboard, such as Dvorak keyboard.
  • Automatically use Clipboard for SublimeText2.

New in aText 1.8.5 (Feb 12, 2013)

  • Added "Space" trigger to Group settings.
  • Fixed the issue with emtpy content snippet.
  • Fixed: snippet with images did not work in web browsers.

New in aText 1.8.4 (Feb 4, 2013)

  • Stop closing Snippet Fields Editor window when it loses focus.
  • Send HTML content when typing rich text format snippet.

New in aText 1.8.3 (Nov 9, 2012)

  • Fixed some bugs.

New in aText 1.8.2 (Oct 15, 2012)

  • Added option to hide aText icon in menu bar.

New in aText 1.8.1 (Aug 27, 2012)

  • Added Import Automaton Typer data.
  • Fixed validating Mas receipt.

New in aText 1.8 (Aug 20, 2012)

  • New: Show snippet groups on menu bar icon's menu.
  • New: Optional snippet label.

New in aText 1.7.3 (Aug 7, 2012)

  • Compatibility with iWork for Mac OSX 10.8.

New in aText 1.7.2 (Jul 20, 2012)

  • Attempt to fix a problem with clipboard.
  • Localized into German.

New in aText 1.7.1 (Jun 22, 2012)

  • Localized into French.